leitmotif
leitmotif 英 [ˈlaɪtməʊti:f] 美 [ˈlaɪtmoˌtif]
n. 主乐调;主题;主旨
名词复数:leitmotifs
- If you notice the subject of freedom coming up again and again in a book you're reading for English class, you can impress your teacher by calling it a leitmotif, or a theme that recurs.
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- n. 主乐调;主题;主旨
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1. This last event, which almost concludes the book, is its leitmotif.
而这最后一次正是本书的主旨所在。
- leitmotif (n.) also leitmotiv, "a musical figure to which some definite meaning is attached," 1876, from German Leitmotiv, literally "leading motive," from leiten "to lead" (see lead (v.1)) + Motiv (see motive). A term associated with Wagnerian musical drama, though the thing itself is at least as old as Mozart. "The leitmotif must be characteristic of the person or thing it is intended to represent." ["Elson's Music Dictionary"]
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